What is the crime rate in Valdosta, GA?

In 2025, the Valdosta Police Department reported 266 violent crimes and 2,122 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 477 violent and 3,808 property crimes per 100,000 of the 55,729 residents it serves.

Across Georgia the rates were 304 and 1,413.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 477
Property per 100,000: 3,808
Violent crimes: 266
Property crimes: 2,122

Crime reported by the Valdosta Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	252	459	2,093	3,812	54,904
2024	305	556	2,248	4,095	54,896
2025	266	477	2,122	3,808	55,729

Violent crimes reported went from 252 in 2023 to 266 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,093 in 2023 to 2,122 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Valdosta against Georgia and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Valdosta	477	3,808
Lowndes County	306	2,389
Georgia	304	1,413
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Valdosta, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Valdosta	—	477	3,808
Remerton	1.8 mi	155	1,162
Hahira	11 mi	167	833
Lake Park	13 mi	118	940
Quitman	17 mi	443	1,478
Lakeland	18 mi	261	2,345
Nashville	25 mi	161	1,130
Madison	27 mi	763	1,592

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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